Automobile tail-signal.



F1 BOLLINGER.

' AUTOMOBILE TAIL SIGNAL.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I5, 15H3.

III" /f UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

FREDERICK BOLLINGER, 0F AKRON, OHIO.

AUTOMOBILE TAIL-SIGNAL.

v Original application led September 24, 1913, Serial No. 791,589. Divided December 15, 1913.

To all zvwm'z't may concern:

, those in rear and front of the car -iust what the chauffeur is about to do with his car and is a division of my application tiled Sept.

'JA further object is to provide a tail signal including a casing having separate chainbei's illuminated by electric lights, which lights a-re under the control of the chaulfeur. such compartments displaying respective signals such as the car number, the word Reverse, and the letters R. and L designating right and left turns, the light illuminating the car number being lighted at all times after dark.

lYith these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and ar` rangement of parts to be hereinafter more full \v described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a plan. view of my device, and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vtransverse sectional view taken in a .vertical plane, showing the position of the "Reverse" and also the licensenumber.

Referring to the drawing, in which like characters of reference designate` similar parts, 10 designates a metal oblong casing the rear face of which is equipped with a translucent glass closure 11, and the front face of which is equipped at the endswith attachinfr brackets 12 for securing the casing to t ie automobile body.A rIhe glass closure 11 is removably mounted in the casing as will be readily seen in Fig. 1 of the drawing and this closure is held in place norn mally by means of clips 1l which are main- Specification of Letters Patent.

Paten'tediiay 16,1916. and "this application .fe Serial No. 806,874. -3 i 1, i j tained upon the casing by screws 12.' Within the casing at the ends'are disposed vertical partitions 13 and 14, and disposed about centrally in the casing is a. horizontal partition 15, these -partitions dividing the casing into four separate compartments including end compartments 16-16 and lil-17', and upper and lower compartments 18 and 19 between the end compartments. Each compartment contains one or more electric light bulbs as indicated at 2O for illuminating the compartment.

On one end of the translucent glass closure 11 is formed the letter R, the same being of transparent glass as indicated at 21. On the other .end of the translucent glass is the letter L formed of transparent glass as indicated at Above the letters R and L are respective disks 23 and 24 formed preferably of red colored glass. On the upper central portion of the translucent glass-is formed of transparentglass the license number as indicated at :25, with the name of the State and year formed of transpare t glass on opposite sides of the license nu iber as indicated at 26 and 27. On the lower center portion of the translucent glass is formed the words Reverse of transparent glass as indicated at 28.

The electric light bulbs'in the end com partments 16 .and 1T are connected to cor4 responding circuit wires 29 and 30 which are connected to a source of electricity such as for instance, a battery, a magneto or the like.

lVhat is claimed is 1. In an automobile signaling device, a casing, said casing consistingy of two end compartments and an intermediate compartment, said end compartments protruding beyond lthe face of the intermediate compartment and forming a chamber therebetween, the walls of the endcoinpartments, facing said chamber, being transparent, a character .containing plate forming the front of the y the front of the intermediate compartment through the transparent end Walls thereof.

2. In an automobile indicating device, an elongated casing consisting of end and intermediate compartments, the end compartments protruding beyond the face of one of the intermediate compartments, means for lighting said compartments separately and glass walls forming the sides of the end compartments adjacent to the intermediate 10 compartment.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK BOLLINGER.

Witnesses NETTXE M. GrRH-FITHS7 J. I. BACHTEL. 

